If you get a certain type of actor and they are well-cast they are going to be able to embellish on it a little bit if that is allowed. The dialogue, it was really well-written and anything that is well-written, you are not going to have a problem with it. During the show, she gleefully takes the audience through her Hollywood childhood with parents Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, her explosive “Star Wars” fame, its toll on her relationships and her struggles with drug use and mental illness (“I’m a Pez dispenser and I’m in the textbook of Abnormal Psychology,” she enthuses).ĬF: Well, like you said, it was people at the top of their game, people who know what they are doing and they have done a lot of it. The many sides of Carrie Fisher, 56, coalesce in her one-woman stage show, “Wishful Drinking,” playing through April 22 at the Victoria Theatre in Dayton, Ohio.

As a drug addict with bipolar disorder, Fisher inspired legions of fellow sufferers with her direct, raw testimony. As a wife (and ex-wife) she inspired lyrics in some of Paul Simon’s most affecting songs. As an author, Fisher inspired a generation of young women with her insightful prose about love and life.

It is being republished here on the occasion of Carrie Fisher's death at the age of 60.ĭAYTON, Ohio - As Princess Leia in “Star Wars,” actress Carrie Fisher inspired galaxy-shaking visions in millions of young men. Editor's note: This interview originally appeared in the April 15, 2012, Daily Telegram and the April 22, 2012, Toledo Free Press.

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